Revised Version 1895

Amos 6:4-8

4thatlieהַשֹּֽׁכְבִים֙ha.sho.khe.VimH7901uponH5921bedsמִטּ֣וֹתmi.TotH4296ofivoryשֵׁ֔ןShenH8127, and stretchthemselvesH5921uponH5921theircouchesH4296, andeatוְאֹכְלִ֤יםve.'o.khe.LimH398thelambsכָּרִים֙ka.RimH3733outH5921of theflockמִצֹּ֔אןmi.TzonH6629, and thecalvesוַעֲגָלִ֖יםva.'a.ga.LimH5695outH5921of themidstמִתּ֥וֹךְmi.TokhH8432of thestallמַרְבֵּֽק׃mar.BekH4770;

5that sing idlesongsשִֽׁיר׃ShirH7892to thesoundפִּ֣יpiH6310of the viol; thatdeviseחָשְׁב֥וּcha.she.VuH2803forthemselvesH1992instrumentsכְּלֵי־ke.lei-H3627ofmusicH7892, likeDavidכְּדָוִ֕ידke.da.VidH1732;

6thatdrinkהַשֹּׁתִ֤יםha.sho.TimH8354wineיַ֔יִןYa.yinH3196inbowlsבְּמִזְרְקֵי֙be.miz.re.KeiH4219, andanointיִמְשָׁ֑חוּyim.Sha.chuH4886themselvesעַל־'al-H5921with the chief ointments; but they arenotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808grieved for the affliction ofJosephיוֹסֵֽףyo.SefH3130.

7Thereforenowעַתָּ֥ה'a.TahH6258shall theygoיִגְל֖וּyig.LuH1540captiveH1540with thefirstH7218thatgoגֹּלִ֑יםgo.LimH1540captiveH1540, and the revelry of them that stretchedthemselvesH7218shallpassH5493awayH5493.

8TheLordH3068GODאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430hathswornנִשְׁבַּע֩nish.Ba'H7650byhimselfבְּנַפְשׁ֗וֹbe.naf.ShoH5315, saith theLORDH3068, theGodH430ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635; I abhor the excellency ofJacobיַֽעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290, andhateשָׂנֵ֑אתִיsa.Ne.tiH8130hispalacesוְאַרְמְנֹתָ֖יוve.'ar.me.no.TavH759: therefore will Ideliverוְהִסְגַּרְתִּ֖יve.his.gar.TiH5462upH5462thecityעִ֥יר'irH5892withallוּמְלֹאָֽהּ׃u.me.lo.'AhH4393that is therein.

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